Quote Originally Posted by redline
I have a new design on the way that will address the major issues that I see with using LEDs for grow lights.

I don't think the leading commercial configurations are heading in the right direction. They are still using "HID thinking" trying to compact the lights and power into a small area and then hang them a couple of feet above the plants to get a bigger footprint.

Current LEDs simply do not have the penetrating power to do this. Compare 3 watts of light originating from a single point vs. 400 watts from a single point. Plus everyone is still trying to grow 2 foot to 3 foot plants with LEDS.

My current design is a modular- plug and play system. It is a 2ft x2.5 ft aluminum frame. It is designed to cover 5 to 6 square foot growing area.
It will use 16 to 20 small arrays. Each module will be individually adjustable for height and angle. Plus I will be able to change out light configurations for veg and bud.

This will allow me to closely follow the top contour of a SCROG and be able to get the lights within 2" to 6 inch" It will also allow me to make easy changes to accomodate growth.

That sounds fantastically logical. Shift the grow light paradigm. Is this new direction on paper yet? Very exciting.